Flora of Upper Tubb Canyon / Big Spring, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

#	Famil	Scientific Name	(*)Common Name	#V	#iN	#Pls
Ferns
1	Pteri	Cheilanthes covillei	beady lipfern	2	1	15
2	Pteri	Cheilanthes viscida	sticky lipfern			1
3	Pteri	Pellaea mucronata var. mucronata	bird's-foot fern		1	4
4	Pteri	Pentagramma triangularis ssp. triangularis	goldback fern			2
Gymnosperms
5	Cupre	Juniperus californica	California juniper		1	15
6	Ephed	Ephedra aspera	Mormon tea		1	25
Magnoliids
7	Sauru	Anemopsis californica	yerba mansa	1	1	99
Eudicots
8	Acant	Justicia californica	chuparosa	1	9	99
9	Adoxa	Sambucus nigra ssp. caerulea	blue elderberry	1	1	20
10	Amara	Amaranthus fimbriatus	fringed amaranth	1	2	99
11	Anaca	Rhus ovata	sugar bush		2	99
12	Apiac	Apium graveolens	*celery	1		99
13	Apiac	Berula erecta	cutleaf water-parsnip			99
14	Apocy	Funastrum cynanchoides var. hartwegii	climbing milkweed	1	1	75
15	Apocy	Matelea parvifolia	spearleaf			4
16	Aster	Adenophyllum porophylloides	San Felipe dogweed		3	99
17	Aster	Ambrosia acanthicarpa	bur-ragweed		n
18	Aster	Ambrosia salsola var. salsola	cheesebush		1	99
19	Aster	Artemisia ludoviciana ssp. incompta	mountain mugwort	1		99
20	Aster	Baccharis salicifolia ssp. salicifolia	mule fat	1	5	20
21	Aster	Bahiopsis parishii	Parish's goldeneye		5	99
22	Aster	Bebbia juncea var. aspera	sweetbush	1	4	99
23	Aster	Brickellia californica	California brickellbush			3
24	Aster	Brickellia frutescens	shrubby brickellia			60
25	Aster	Chaenactis fremontii	Fremont pincushion		1	99
26	Aster	Chaenactis glabriuscula var. glabriuscula	yellow pincushion	1
27	Aster	Cirsium vulgare	*bull thistle	2		6
28	Aster	Encelia actoni	Acton encelia		1	99
29	Aster	Encelia farinosa var. farinosa	brittlebush	1	9	99
30	Aster	Ericameria brachylepis	boundary goldenbush	2	2	25
31	Aster	Erigeron canadensis	horseweed			~3
32	Aster	Eriophyllum wallacei var. wallacei	Wallace's woolly daisy		1	75
33	Aster	Gutierrezia sarothrae	matchweed		1	30
34	Aster	Lasthenia gracilis	goldfields	1	1	99
35	Aster	Malacothrix glabrata	desert dandelion			10
36	Aster	Monoptilon bellioides	desert star			3
37	Aster	Pectis papposa var. papposa	chinch-weed	1		99
38	Aster	Perityle emoryi	Emory's rock-daisy	1		99
39	Aster	Pluchea sericea	arrow-weed	1	3	99
40	Aster	Porophyllum gracile	odora			50
41	Aster	Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum	*common cudweed	1		20
42	Aster	Rafinesquia neomexicana	desert chicory		1
43	Aster	Senecio flaccidus var. monoensis	Mono ragwort			9
44	Aster	Solidago velutina ssp. californica	goldenrod	1
45	Aster	Sonchus oleraceus	*sow thistle	1		2
46	Aster	Stephanomeria exigua ssp. exigua	slender wreathplant	1	n	2
47	Aster	Stephanomeria pauciflora	wire-lettuce			80
48	Aster	Trixis californica var. californica	California trixis	1	3	99
49	Borag	Amsinckia intermedia	common fiddleneck		4	30
50	Borag	Cryptantha barbigera var. barbigera	bearded cryptantha	1		15
51	Borag	Cryptantha pterocarya	wing-nut cryptantha			15
52	Borag	Emmenanthe penduliflora var. penduliflora	whispering bells			99
53	Borag	Pectocarya recurvata	curvenut combseed			2
54	Borag	Phacelia cicutaria var. hispida	caterpillar phacelia		1
55	Borag	Phacelia distans	common phacelia	1	4	30
56	Borag	Phacelia minor	wild canterbury bells		2	6
57	Borag	Pholisma arenarium	sand plant	1		1
58	Borag	Pholistoma membranaceum	white fiesta flower		4	75
59	Borag	Plagiobothrys jonesii	Jones' popcorn flower		1
60	Brass	Brassica tournefortii	*Sahara mustard		1	30
61	Brass	Caulanthus lasiophyllus	California mustard	1
62	Brass	Descurainia pinnata	western tansy-mustard			1
63	Brass	Draba cuneifolia	wedge-leaved draba	1
64	Brass	Hirschfeldia incana	*shortpod mustard			8
65	Brass	Lepidium lasiocarpum ssp. lasiocarpum	hairy-podded pepper-grass			2
66	Brass	Nasturtium officinale	water cress	1		99
67	Brass	Sisymbrium irio	*London rocket		1
68	Brass	Sisymbrium orientale	*Oriental mustard			99
69	Brass	Thysanocarpus curvipes ssp. eradiatus	fringe-pod			1
70	Cacta	Cylindropuntia bigelovii	teddy-bear cholla		1	50
71	Cacta	Cylindropuntia ganderi	Gander's cholla		4	99
72	Cacta	Echinocereus engelmannii	Engelmann's hedgehog cactus	1	10	75
73	Cacta	Ferocactus cylindraceus	California barrel cactus		4	50
74	Cacta	Mammillaria dioica	California fish-hook cactus		4	15
75	Cacta	Mammillaria tetrancistra	desert fish-hook cactus			3
76	Cacta	Opuntia basilaris var. basilaris	beavertail cactus		3	99
77	Cheno	Chenopodium fremontii	Fremont's goosefoot			6
78	Cheno	Chenopodium murale	*nettle-leaved goosefoot	1		40
79	Crass	Dudleya saxosa ssp. aloides	desert dudleya		1	10
80	Cucur	Cucurbita palmata	coyote melon		1	15
81	Cucur	Marah macrocarpa	wild-cucumber			5
82	Eupho	Bernardia incana	western bernardia			1
83	Eupho	Chamaesyce melanadenia	red-gland spurge		8	99
84	Eupho	Chamaesyce micromera	Sonoran spurge			99
85	Eupho	Chamaesyce serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia	thyme-leafed spurge			1
86	Eupho	Chamaesyce setiloba	starfish (Yuma) spurge		1	99
87	Eupho	Ditaxis lanceolata	narrowleaf ditaxis			99
88	Eupho	Ditaxis neomexicana	New Mexico ditaxis	1	2	99
89	Eupho	Euphorbia eriantha	beetle spurge			2
90	Eupho	Stillingia linearifolia	linear-leaved stillingia		4	99
91	Fabac	Acmispon glaber var. brevialatus	short-winged deerweed		1	25
92	Fabac	Acmispon rigidus	desert lotus		3	5
93	Fabac	Acmispon strigosus	strigose lotus			2
94	Fabac	Lupinus bicolor	dwarf lupine		n
95	Fabac	Lupinus concinnus	bajada lupine			3
96	Fabac	Lupinus sparsiflorus	Coulter's lupine		4	30
97	Fabac	Melilotus indicus	*sourclover			~50
98	Fabac	Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana	honey mesquite		1	30
99	Fabac	Senegalia greggii	catclaw	1	4	99
100	Fouqu	Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens	ocotillo			10
101	Geran	Erodium cicutarium	*redstem filaree		5	99
102	Gross	Ribes indecorum	white-flowering currant	1		20
103	Krame	Krameria erecta	Pima rhatany	1	1	99
104	Lamia	Hyptis emoryi	desert-lavender		1	65
105	Lamia	Salvia apiana	white sage	1	3	4
106	Lamia	Salvia columbariae	chia		3	8
107	Lamia	Scutellaria mexicana	Mexican bladder sage			15
108	Loasa	Mentzelia albicaulis	white-stemmed blazing star			20
109	Loasa	Mentzelia veatchiana	Veatch's blazing star			2
110	Malva	Ayenia compacta	ayenia			40
111	Malva	Hibiscus denudatus	rock hibiscus			5
112	Malva	Malacothamnus enigmaticus	enigmatic bush mallow		1	60
113	Malva	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. ambigua	apricot mallow			2
114	Malva	Sphaeralcea ambigua var. rugosa	desert globemallow		7	99
115	Mollu	Mollugo cerviana	*carpet-weed			2
116	Monti	Calyptridium monandrum	sand cress			10
117	Nycta	Boerhavia coccinea	scarlet spiderling			78
118	Nycta	Boerhavia triquetra var. intermedia	fivewing spiderling			99
119	Nycta	Mirabilis laevis var. retrorsa	Bigelow's desert four-o'clock		4	99
120	Onagr	Camissonia strigulosa	strigose suncup		1	4
121	Onagr	Camissoniopsis confusa	San Bernardino suncup			~5
122	Onagr	Camissoniopsis pallida ssp. pallida	pale suncup			20
123	Onagr	Epilobium canum ssp. latifolium	mountain California-fuchsia		1	99
124	Onagr	Eulobus californicus	California suncup	1	3	99
125	Papav	Argemone munita	prickly poppy		1	99
126	Papav	Eschscholzia minutiflora ssp. minutiflora	small-flowered poppy		1	10
127	Papav	Eschscholzia parishii	Parish's poppy	2	1
128	Phrym	Mimulus guttatus	common monkeyflower	1
129	Plant	Collinsia concolor	southern Chinese houses	1
130	Plant	Keckiella antirrhinoides var. microphylla	little-leaved chaparral beardtongue			15
131	Plant	Veronica catenata	*chain speedwell	1
132	Polem	Eriastrum eremicum ssp. eremicum	desert woolly-star			99
133	Polem	Gilia diegensis	coastal gilia		1
134	Polem	Linanthus dichotomus ssp. pattersonii	evening-snow		1
135	Polyg	Eriogonum elongatum var. elongatum	long-stemmed buckwheat		n
136	Polyg	Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium	California buckwheat		4	99
137	Polyg	Eriogonum gracile var. gracile	slender buckwheat			2
138	Polyg	Eriogonum gracile var. incultum	slender buckwheat		n	50
139	Polyg	Eriogonum wrightii var. nodosum	Wright's buckwheat	1	2	20
140	Portu	Portulaca oleracea	*common purslane			99
141	Ranun	Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum	intermediate larkspur			1
142	Rhamn	Ziziphus parryi var. parryi	lotebush		5	20
143	Rosac	Prunus fremontii	desert apricot		11	99
144	Rosac	Prunus ilicifolia ssp. ilicifolia	hollyleaf cherry			2
145	Rubia	Galium angustifolium ssp. borregoense	Borrego bedstraw			2
146	Rubia	Galium stellatum	star-flowered bedstraw			2
147	Rutac	Thamnosma montana	turpentine broom			1
148	Salic	Salix exigua var. exigua	narrowleaf willow		1	99
149	Salic	Salix gooddingii	black willow	1
150	Salic	Salix laevigata	red willow		1	30
151	Simmo	Simmondsia chinensis	jojoba		4	99
152	Solan	Datura wrightii	sacred datura			99
153	Solan	Lycium andersonii	Anderson's boxthorn		4	60
154	Solan	Nicotiana obtusifolia	desert tobacco		6	85
155	Solan	Physalis crassifolia	thick-leaved ground cherry		1	99
156	Solan	Solanum douglasii	white nightshade			15
157	Solan	Solanum parishii	Parish's purple nightshade		1	20
158	Tamar	Tamarix ramosissima	*saltcedar			15
159	Urtic	Parietaria hespera var. hespera	pellitory			99
160	Urtic	Urtica dioica ssp. holosericea	stinging nettle			25
161	Visca	Phoradendron californicum	desert mistletoe		7	50
162	Zygop	Larrea tridentata	creosote bush	1		10
Monocots
163	Agava	Agave deserti var. deserti	desert agave		5	50
164	Agava	Yucca schidigera	Mohave yucca		6	8
165	Arace	Lemna minuta	duckweed			99
166	Areca	Phoenix dactylifera	*date palm	1		2
167	Areca	Washingtonia filifera	California fan palm		2	2
168	Cyper	Eleocharis parishii	Parish's spikerush			99
169	Junca	Juncus mexicanus	Mexican rush			99
170	Junca	Juncus xiphioides	iris-leaved rush			99
171	Poace	Aristida adscensionis	six-weeks three-awn		1	8
172	Poace	Aristida purpurea	purple three-awn			2
173	Poace	Avena barbata	*slender wild oats		3	99
174	Poace	Bouteloua aristidoides var. aristidoides	needle grama			25
175	Poace	Bouteloua barbata var. barbata	six-weeks grama			99
176	Poace	Bromus madritensis ssp. rubens	*red brome		1	99
177	Poace	Distichlis spicata	saltgrass		2	99
178	Poace	Melica frutescens	tall melica		1	5
179	Poace	Melica imperfecta	coast-range melic			1
180	Poace	Muhlenbergia microsperma	littleseed muhly			1
181	Poace	Schismus barbatus	*Mediterranean schismus			25
182	Poace	Stipa speciosa	desert needlegrass			1
183	Themi	Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum	blue dicks		7	12
184	Themi	Muilla maritima	muilla		1	2
185	Typha	Typha domingensis	southern cattail			99

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Last update: 30 October 2020